Some bounds on estimates for reproductive ratios derived from the age- specific force of infection

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(94)90023-XzbMath0806.92019OpenAlexW2075416072WikidataQ44420657 ScholiaQ44420657MaRDI QIDQ1340489

David Greenhalgh, Klaus Dietz

Publication date: 19 December 1994

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5564(94)90023-x

zbMATH Keywords

vaccinationproportional mixingnumerical evaluationshomogeneous mixingage-related serological profileassortative mixingcommon childhood infectionsestimation of reproductive ratiossymmetric mixing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Epidemiology (92D30) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92)

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